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Unmaking Goliath

community control in the face of global capital

In an effort to counter the argument that cities and communities are always powerless in the face of footloose corporations who think nothing of leaving localities in the lurch, "Unmaking Goliath" asks two key questions: What can localities do in the face of heightened capital ...

Global metropolitan

globalizing cities in a capitalist world

Exploring the connections between globalization and urbanization, this notable book places particular emphasis on understanding the economic function of global cities, the political process of globalizing cities, and the cultural significance of cosmopolitan cities. The book explores the meaning of the globalizing project in cities ...

The sustainable urban development reader

The Sustainable Urban Development Reader brings together classic readings from a wide variety of sources to investigate how our cities and towns can become more sustainable. Thirty-eight selections span issues such as land use planning, urban design, transportation, ecological restoration, economic development, resource use and ...

Madrid 1939

del golpe de Casado al final de la Guerra Civil

Este libro de Luis Español aporta numerosos datos sobre los aspectos más controvertidos de aquellos días, empezando por tratar de forma exhaustiva el tema de los nombramientos realizados por Negrín al final de la guerra.

Game theory

a critical text

In recent years game theory has swept through all of the social sciences. Its practitioners have great designs for it, claiming that it offers an opportunity to unify the social sciences and that it it the natural foundation of a rational theory of society. This ...

Economics lab

an intensive course in experimental economics

Laboratory experiments with human subjects now provide crucial data in most fields of economics. There has been a tremendous upsurge in interest in this relatively new field of economics. This textbook introduces the world of experimental economics. Contributors including Reinhard Selten and Axel Leijonhufvud add ...

International health care reform

a legal, economic and political analysis

"International Health Care Reform" clearly explains the arguments in economics and justice for intervention by governments in health care markets; the structure and dynamics of health care systems; and the features of competition-oriented reform models. The book will appeal to students and researchers involved in ...

The struggle over work

the "end of work" and employment alternatives for post-industrial societies

The future of work in advanced industrial democracies is the subject of intense debate and public concern. Despite predictions that working hours would fall and leisure time would rise as society progressed, the opposite has in fact occurred. This new book contains a twofold investigation ...

Structural economics

The interface of national accounting and economic analysis is something of a neglected area within economics. This important new book explains how national accounts can be used for economic modelling via input- output analysis - the main tool in the field. Structural Economics provides an accounting ...

The flawed foundations of General Equilibrium

critical essays on economic theory

This book, as the title suggests, explains how General equilibrium, the dominant conceptual framework in mainstream economics, describes a perfectly impossible world. Even with its counterfactual assumptions taken for granted, it fails on many levels. Under the impressive editorship of Ackerman and Nadal, this book ...

Fiscal federalism and european economic integration

The pace of economic integration amongst European Union (EU) member states has accelerated considerably during the past decade, highlighted by the process of Economic and Monetary Union (EMU). Many aspects of the EU's apparatus, however, have failed to evolve in order to meets these ...

Just exchange

a theory of contract

F. H. Buckley's new book fills a prominent hole in the literature, explaining economic terms and jargon with welcome clarity and examining the moral basis of free contracting, as well as those cases where bargaining rights might reasonably be restricted. Along the way the ...

Historia de la Teoría política

T. 6: La reestructuración contemporánea del pensamiento político

Esta obra ofrece una visión general, a la vez rigurosa y amena, de la evolución del pensamiento político desde sus inicios hasta nuestros días. Dividida en seis volúmenes en los que se combinan el orden cronológico y el temático, la HISTORIA DE LA TEORÍA POLÍTICA ...

La Gestapo y la sociedad alemana

la política racial nazi (1933-1945)

Este libro estudia las operaciones cotidianas de la Gestapo, la policía secreta del nazismo, y se plantea diversas preguntas al respecto: ¿cómo lograba esa organización detectar los menores signos de desobediencia a las doctrinas nazis, en especial los “delitos” relacionados con las esferas privadas de ...

Advance fixed income analysis

This book is aimed at experienced practitioners in the corporate bond markets and is a specialised text for investors and traders. The author relates from both personal experience as well as his own research to bring together subjects of practical importance to bond market practitioners ...

An introduction to credit derivatives

In a relatively short time credit derivatives have grown to become one of the largest and most important segment of the financial markets, with deal volumes now in trillions of dollars. They have become an important tool for banks, financial institutions and corporates who desire ...

Corporate bonds and structured financial products

This book is a detailed account of the instruments that are used in the corporate bond markets, from conventional "plain vanilla" bonds to hybrid instruments and structured products. There is background information on bond pricing and yield, as well as a detailed look at the ...

Fixed income markets library

This a comprehensive, in-depth treatment of the corporate bond markets for investors and bankers. It comprises the following books: * Corporate Bonds and Structured Financial Products * Understanding Credit Derivatives * Advanced Fixed Income Analysis The library addresses issues of importance for all those involved to any extent ...

Developing a Constitution for Europe

European Union enlargement

a comparative history